# HD 72659 b

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Extrasolar planet

HD 72659 b Discovery Discovered by Butler, Marcy, Vogt, and Fischer Discovery site Keck Observatory, Hawaii, United States Discovery date 13 June 2002 Detection method Doppler spectroscopy Orbital characteristics[1] Semi-major axis 4.691+0.185 −0.202 AU Eccentricity 0.257+0.014 −0.016 Orbital period (sidereal) 9.718+0.052 −0.043 yr Inclination 77.583°+39.898° −39.755° Longitude of ascending node 204.866°+69.102° −68.721° Time of periastron 2448147.062+43.195 −47.937 Argument of periastron 259.451°+3.318° −3.560° Semi-amplitude 37.908+0.613 −0.551 m/s Star HD 72659 Physical characteristics[1] Mass 2.988+2.586 −0.098 MJ

**HD 72659 b** is a [superjovian](/source/Superjovian) [exoplanet](/source/Exoplanet) massing at least 3.3 [MJ](/source/Jupiter_mass) orbiting at 4.77 [AU](/source/Astronomical_Unit) from the star, taking 3630 days to complete one orbit. The orbital distance range from 3.49 AU to 6.05 AU with [orbital eccentricity](/source/Orbital_eccentricity) of 0.269.[2] In 2022, the inclination and true mass of HD 72659 b were measured via [astrometry](/source/Astrometry).[1]

## See also

- [HD 73256](/source/HD_73256)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Feng2022_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Feng2022_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Feng2022_1-2) Feng, Fabo; Butler, R. Paul; et al. (August 2022). ["3D Selection of 167 Substellar Companions to Nearby Stars"](https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4365%2Fac7e57). *[The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series](/source/The_Astrophysical_Journal_Supplement_Series)*. **262** (21): 21. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[2208.12720](https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.12720). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2022ApJS..262...21F](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJS..262...21F). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3847/1538-4365/ac7e57](https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4365%2Fac7e57). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [251864022](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:251864022).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Butler2003_2-0)** Butler, R. Paul; et al. (2003). ["Seven New Keck Planets Orbiting G and K Dwarfs"](http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/582/1/455/56131.html). *The Astrophysical Journal*. **582** (1): 455–466. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2003ApJ...582..455B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...582..455B). [CiteSeerX](/source/CiteSeerX_(identifier)) [10.1.1.7.6988](https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.7.6988). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1086/344570](https://doi.org/10.1086%2F344570). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [17608922](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17608922).

## External links

- ["HD 72659"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125003619/http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=HD+72659). *Exoplanets*. Archived from [the original](http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=HD+72659) on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2008-10-31.

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